How do you get through the school holidays when you’re self employed, and a single parent? When I first returned to work after S was born, I remember thinking to myself, you have until she starts school to figure out how you’re going to juggle a job and school holidays. Normal Read more…
The other morning, I bumped into a friend I don’t see very often. She too is a single mother and self employed, but when we bump into each other, we usually talk about other things. This time though, we ended up talking about how interesting it can be to be Read more…
Welcome to my fourth weekly podcast! This one is all about being self employed, and the things I’ve learned about it. I found when I went self employed that there were all sorts of guides and lists of top tips, but lots of them seemed to contradict each other. This is Read more…
I had a really hectic week this week; I had appointments and general gubbins to attend to every day, as well as trying to get some actual work done – not to mention Christmas shopping, housework and other such duties. I was feeling overwrought and fed up. On top Read more…
I wrote a post a while back about how everyone’s definition of success is different. For some, it’s the fancy pants job with the corner office and the latest new car. For others it’s opting out of society entirely. For me… I’m still not sure exactly what it is. Parenting-wise, I Read more…